Liebelt v. Krause

Knutson, Justice.

Plaintiff is a resident of Minneapolis. In 1943 he acquired a farm in Aitkin county. Defendant owned a neighboring farm. Plaintiff’s buildings were located about half a mile from a public highway. During 1949, plaintiff had constructed a driveway from the public highway to his buildings. The road was built by having a bulldozer push the 'material from the side of the driveway to the center. On each side of the roadway there were cut perpendicular banks from 18 to 24 inches deep, the roadway sloping gradually from the bottom of the cut so made to the center of the road. There…